Bug 1174274 - can't install Fedora 21 because it thinks one of the hard drives is bad
Summary: can't install Fedora 21 because it thinks one of the hard drives is bad
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 1157657
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 21
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-12-15 14:35 UTC by corneliu dabija
Modified: 2015-02-24 22:51 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-02-24 22:51:21 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
anaconda.log (8.98 KB, text/plain)
2014-12-17 00:11 UTC, corneliu dabija
no flags Details
ifcfg.log (1.92 KB, text/plain)
2014-12-17 00:13 UTC, corneliu dabija
no flags Details
program.log (42.92 KB, text/plain)
2014-12-17 00:14 UTC, corneliu dabija
no flags Details
storage.log (165.24 KB, text/plain)
2014-12-17 00:15 UTC, corneliu dabija
no flags Details
sensitive-info.log (108 bytes, text/plain)
2014-12-17 00:15 UTC, corneliu dabija
no flags Details
anaconda-tb-ahRiC0 (442.29 KB, text/plain)
2014-12-18 02:15 UTC, corneliu dabija
no flags Details
anaconda-tb-U8rXlc (441.21 KB, text/plain)
2014-12-18 02:15 UTC, corneliu dabija
no flags Details

Description corneliu dabija 2014-12-15 14:35:35 UTC
Description of problem:
When I tried installing Fedora 21 on a desktop computer with two HDD and one SSD, anaconda crashed. I dig in the logs and found out that Fedora thought that one of my HDD had a bad partition. The problem is that I did not intend to install Fedora on that HDD, but on the SSD which was fine. After I disconnected the two HDD then Fedora installed without issues. After I installed Fedora I connected the two HDDs back and Fedora was able to mount all partitions on those HDDs just fine. So I think Fedora incorrectly thought that one of the HDDs was bad. Also I installed Suse on the same computer and same SDD and it installed without issues. 

How reproducible:
Try to install Fedora on a computer with at least two internal disks (at least one of the disks in a valid state and at least one disk in an invalid state).

Actual results:
Could not install Fedora on a valid disk when it detects that there is at least one other invalid disks present.

Expected results:
I expect Fedora to correctly assess the valid/invalid state of a disk. But even in the case where there is a bad disk, I expect Fedora to ignore that disk and allow me to install it on the valid disk if at least one valid disk is present.

Additional info:
Not sure if this is useful but the Fedora install was performed on existing traditional partitions on the SDD (no LVM, no swap, just "/" and "/home").

Comment 1 David Shea 2014-12-15 14:36:43 UTC
Please attach the logs from /tmp to this bug as individual, text/plain attachments.

Comment 2 corneliu dabija 2014-12-17 00:11:45 UTC
Created attachment 969803 [details]
anaconda.log

Comment 3 corneliu dabija 2014-12-17 00:13:23 UTC
Created attachment 969804 [details]
ifcfg.log

Comment 4 corneliu dabija 2014-12-17 00:14:36 UTC
Created attachment 969805 [details]
program.log

Comment 5 corneliu dabija 2014-12-17 00:15:02 UTC
Created attachment 969806 [details]
storage.log

Comment 6 corneliu dabija 2014-12-17 00:15:32 UTC
Created attachment 969807 [details]
sensitive-info.log

Comment 7 David Shea 2014-12-17 14:43:35 UTC
Is there a file in /tmp at the time of the crash named anaconda-tb-*? Please attach that file.

Comment 8 corneliu dabija 2014-12-18 02:15:19 UTC
Created attachment 970368 [details]
anaconda-tb-ahRiC0

Comment 9 corneliu dabija 2014-12-18 02:15:58 UTC
Created attachment 970369 [details]
anaconda-tb-U8rXlc

Comment 10 David Shea 2015-02-24 22:51:21 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1157657 ***


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